Guatemala

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA

Guatemala: Open letter to newly elected President of the Republic ...
13 February 2008

In this letter Amnesty International highlights some of the concerns regarding human rights that were voiced to the candidates during the recent electoral campaign ...

Document       AMR 34/003/2008

Guatemala: Further information on: Fear for safety / death threats
7 February 2008

Fredy Peccerelli, head of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundación de Antropología Forense Guatemala - FAFG), his brother Gianni Peccerelli, his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/002/2008

Guatemala: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Second ...
25 January 2008

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections B, C and D. This includes concerns over shortcomings in Guatemalan legislation relating ...

Report       AMR 34/001/2008

Guatemala: Inconsistent ruling by the Constitutional Court rejects ...
21 December 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 21 December 2007. AMR 34/026/2007. Guatemala: Inconsistent ruling by the Constitutional Court ...

Document       AMR 34/026/2007

Guatemala: Fear for Safety
11 December 2007

Felipe Álvarez, a member of a community development organization based in the community of Microparcelamiento El Naranjo, was killed on 8 December 2007. In the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/025/2007

Execution by lethal injection: A quarter century of state ...
4 October 2007

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty without reservation as a violation of the right to life. Amnesty International argues that every execution is a ...

Report       ACT 50/007/2007

Guatemala: Presidential candidates must resolve legacy of conflict
29 August 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 34/021/2007 (Public). News Service No: 164. 29 August 2007. Embargo Date: 29 August 200700:01GMT. ...

Press Release       AMR 34/021/2007

Guatemala: Open Letter from Amnesty International to Guatemalan ...
29 August 2007

In this open letter to presidential candidates Amnesty International raises issues of concern for the human rights situation in Guatemala. Organizations, including ...

Report       AMR 34/020/2007

Central America: Persecution and resistance: The experience of ...
8 August 2007

This report focuses primarily on the risks faced by human rights defenders in Honduras and Guatemala. The pattern of human rights abuses against human rights activists ...

Report       AMR 02/001/2007

Overcoming the obstacles: Human rights activists in Guatemala and ...
8 August 2007

Reports of killings, death threats, harassment and intimidation of human rights activists continue to be commonplace in Honduras and Guatemala. Despite suffering ...

ActionDocument       AMR 02/003/2007